Las Cruces school board members announce re-election plans

LAS CRUCES — Three members of the Las Cruces school board will run again to maintain their seats in this spring's election.

The four-year terms of Chuck Davis, District 1; Barbara Hall, District 2; and Maria Flores, District 3, end in February.

The election is Feb. 5.

In addition to Flores, former LCPS Director of Health Services Beverly Hine also has announced she is seeking the District 3 seat.

Davis was re-elected to the District 1 seat in 2009. He spent 20 years in the U.S. Air Force, 20 years as a civil servant at White Sands and taught in Tucson, Ariz., for four years.

"We're making great progress with the team we have now, and I'd like to remain a part of that team," Davis said.

Hall was appointed to the District 2 seat in April 2011 after a member resigned. She taught for LCPS for 25 years, including five years as facilitator of the district's Advance Education Program. Since retirement, she has supervised student teachers at New Mexico State University.

Flores serves as vice president of the school board and was elected to District 3 in 2009. She was an elementary school teacher for 12 years with LCPS. She is president of the Children's Reading Foundation of Doña Ana County, which focuses on parental and community support for early childhood literacy.

Hine worked with LCPS for 29 years and has 40 years of nursing experience, including being chosen as the nation's Outstanding School Nurse in 2003 by the American School Health Associations.

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Board Secretary Bonnie Votaw and President Connie Philips, both elected in 2007, will be up for re-election in February 2015.

Lindsey Anderson can be reached at 575-541-5462. Follow her on Twitter @l_m_anderson.